WNY Peace Center is honoring and partnering with Stitch Buffalo for this year’s Women’s March 2022. May is International Victorious Women’s Month, along with the WNY Women’s March. It is the perfect time to shed light on the victorious women of Stitch Buffalo, and all the good they do for their local and worldwide communities.
Amanda Gorman is a 24-year-old poet, and the youngest poet to speak at an inauguration in U.S. history. She graduated from Harvard University and she is a social justice advocate whose poems highlight issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalized groups of people. She advocates for social change through poetry.
Themes have been created to honor Black History Month, and to spread awareness about specific issues every year as well. The 2022 theme surrounds health and wellness in African American communities. Health and wellness is particularly timely, as we still find ourselves in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.